Meta tag ownership and control

Abstract

Personalized metadata may be selected from a group of tags, where the tags include annotations, synopsis, references, etc. and owner controlled rules for visibility and control options such as removal, combining, weighting, adding, sharing, privatizing, assigning etc. are provided.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A computer program product for managing meta tags for a plurality of objects, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
 updating, by a processor, a shared object authority plan (SOAP), the SOAP including records of a plurality of objects, records of owners for one or more of the objects, and records of one or more meta tags for objects in the plurality; 
 selecting records, by the processor, from the SOAP and using those records to generate a shared object authority record (SOAR) for an object to be sent over a network, where the object has one or more meta tags associated to the object, the meta tags identified with one or more meta tag owners in the SOAR; and 
 accepting parameters, by the processor, from an owner of a meta tag in the SOAR, the parameters designating authorities, for non-owners of the meta tag, to manage or control meta tags identified with the owner of the meta tag, the owner of the meta tag in the SOAR being able to retain ownership of the meta tag while allowing the stored meta tag to be altered by a non-owner of the meta tag. 
 
     
     
       2. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 receiving meta tag updates for an object and updating the SOAP with one or more of the received meta tag updates for the object. 
 
     
     
       3. The computer program product of  claim 2  where the meta tag updates are received from an owner of a meta tag, the owner of the meta tag being different than the owner of the object reflected in the SOAP updated by the processor. 
     
     
       4. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 sending updated SOARs by the processor, to one or more network resources over a wide area network, the SOARs for receipt by a network resource having an object identified in the SOAR at the network resource. 
 
     
     
       5. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 changing ownership of a meta tag assigned to an object in the SOAP to reflect ownership by a user other than the owner of the object linked to the meta tag in the SOAP. 
 
     
     
       6. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 updating meta tags for a plurality of objects recorded in the SOAP, the updates received over a wide area network from a plurality of users accessing the objects from one or more webpage servers; and 
 wherein the meta tag owner is one of the owners for one or more of the objects. 
 
     
     
       7. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 assigning ownership to a meta tag associated with an object in the SOAP, where the meta tag was linked to the object by a user other than the owner of the object. 
 
     
     
       8. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the altering by a non-owner of the meta tag includes editing the meta tag. 
     
     
       9. The computer program product of  claim 1  where the altering by a non-owner of the meta tag includes one or more of the following: editing the meta tag; modifying visibility of the meta tag; modifying sharing authority of the meta tag; modifying a group authority for the meta tag; and temporal modification tied to a lifecycle of the meta tag. 
     
     
       10. A system for managing meta tags for a plurality of objects, the system including a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions readable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
 updating, by a processor, a shared object authority plan (SOAP), the SOAP including records of a plurality of objects, records of owners for one or more of the objects, and records of one or more meta tags for objects in the plurality; 
 selecting records, by the processor, from the SOAP and using those records to generate a shared object authority record (SOAR) for an object to be sent over a network, where the object has one or more meta tags associated to it, the meta tags identified with one or more owners in the SOAR; and 
 accepting parameters, by the processor, from an owner of a meta tag in the SOAR, the parameters designating authorities, for non-owners of the meta tag, to manage or control meta tags identified with the owner of the meta tag, the owner of the meta tag in the SOAR being able to retain ownership of the meta tag while allowing the stored meta tag to be altered by a non-owner of the meta tag. 
 
     
     
       11. The system of  claim 10  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 receiving meta tag updates for an object and updating the SOAP with one or more of the received meta tag updates for the object. 
 
     
     
       12. The system of  claim 11  where the meta tag updates are received from an owner of a meta tag, the owner of the meta tag being different than the owner of the object reflected in the SOAP updated by the processor. 
     
     
       13. The system of  claim 10  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 sending updated SOARs by the processor, to one or more network resources over a wide area network, the SOARs for receipt by a network resource having an object identified in the SOAR at the network resource. 
 
     
     
       14. The system of  claim 10  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 changing ownership of a meta tag assigned to an object in the SOAP to reflect ownership by a user other than the owner of the object linked to the meta tag in the SOAP. 
 
     
     
       15. The system of  claim 10  where the program instructions readable by the processor, cause the processor to supplement the method by:
 updating meta tags for a plurality of objects recorded in the SOAP, the updates received over a wide area network from a plurality of users accessing the objects from one or more webpage servers.